Thigpen inherits a team that has lost 16 straight games and hasn’t made the playoffs since 2011. Glencliff is 6-44 since that season.

“To me, that’s what coaching is all about,” said Thigpen, 47, of the challenge of building Glencliff back into being a playoff contender. “There are a lot of people that wait for certain coaching jobs to open up.

“But really as a coach there is no greater challenge than taking it from square one and build it to what it needs to be.”